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Capt. Richard Shmel, a 17A, cyberspace operations officer, participating in the 915th Cyber Warfare Battalion’s Field Training Exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training. (Photo by: Steve Stover, U.S. Army)

New DOD doctrine officially outlines and defines ‘expeditionary cyberspace operations’

A sign of the maturity of cyber ops, the Defense Department has recognized and defined what "expeditionary cyberspace operations" are.

May 12, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (Sept. 27, 2018) – Sailors stand watch in the Fleet Operations Center at the headquarters of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet (FCC/C10F). Since its establishment, FCC/C10F has grown into an operational force composed of more than 14,000 Active and Reserve Sailors and civilians organized into 28 active commands, 40 Cyber Mission Force units, and 26 reserve commands around the globe. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC1 Samuel Souvannason/Released)

Navy aiming to better integrate cyber, info-warfare capabilities with ‘non-kinetic effects teams’ at sea

Today, much of the Navy’s info-warfare capabilities — which include cyber, signals intelligence, information operations and spectrum operations — are employed ashore.

Feb 17, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau